How long does it take to read The Orchard Keeper?
The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 246 pages, about 67,650 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Orchard Keeper tells of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed the boy's father.
Subjects: Fiction, Community life, Community life -- Fiction, Fiction, psychological, Tennessee, fiction, Psychological fiction
